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into the drink

Idioms  
  1. Into the water, especially the ocean. For example, One more wave and I thought I'd fall off the boat into the drink. [Slang; c. 1830]


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He and business partner Bardy Bayram briefly tossed up working noodles and coconut milk into the drink somehow, but decided floaties and a creamy flavour would probably be a bridge too far.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2023

“It's not a common move,” he says, because it can send bits of herbs or fruit into the drink, causing it to look “frothy, cloudier and chaotic in the glass.”

From Scientific American Jun. 17, 2023

It wasn't until Prohibition that fruit crept into the drink.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2022

The 2013 champion’s second doesn’t have enough juice, hitting the bank and rolling back into the drink.

From The Guardian Nov. 13, 2020

She pops the top off the cup and puts both straws into the drink.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

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